No More Excuses- Week 4

AmandaJ

Thanks Ann! :flowerforyou: I changed my ticker! :bigsmile:

dariahrose

Congrats Amanda! That's wonderful!!! Keep it up...let's keep moving this week! I this group. It's so motivating!

Yesterday I was able to get on the elliptical for 40 mins (slowly working my way up) and did the ab challenge at the gym. Late night snacking is the devil though! But I snacked on those new Ritz cheddar cracker sandwiches instead of chips, and I only had one and it was still yummy!

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

MOMOFTWO29

MOMOFTWO, I think 33 pounds is great and it is great that you caught it and are going to keep losing. Good for you! :flowerforyou:

thank you Amanda. :flowerforyou:

running_girl_84

I think I may just crush my goal weight of 158.0lbs this month. I had a little sneak peak at the scale this morning and it read 160.8lbs! I'm so close to the 150's. I tend to fluctuate a lot day to day so I'm really trying hard to only weigh myself once or twice a week. Key word: trying.

I had a great workout at the gym. 5 mile run followed by a 1 mile walk and some ab work and leg weights. I'm feeling tired and HUNGRY. I'm off to make a healthy breakfast

tigermom79

I think I may just crush my goal weight of 158.0lbs this month. I had a little sneak peak at the scale this morning and it read 160.8lbs! I'm so close to the 150's. I tend to fluctuate a lot day to day so I'm really trying hard to only weigh myself once or twice a week. Key word: trying.

I had a great workout at the gym. 5 mile run followed by a 1 mile walk and some ab work and leg weights. I'm feeling tired and HUNGRY. I'm off to make a healthy breakfast

Running Girl; Awesome!!! I bet you will be into the 150's in no time at all! Good for you!!!! I would love to be in the 150's prior to the end of the year but that is like 6 lbs away, so I would settle for 163 or so. Stay true to yourself and you will hit your goal!!!

andreaxmariexvnv

Had a hard and stressful week. Seems everything is going down hill. Am I still in the group?

AmandaJ

Of course you are still in the group, silly!!! I am sorry you have had a hard and stressful week. :flowerforyou: Move forward!

tamelab

Hello all...Not feeling well this week. It is that TOM for me and I am grumpy and bloated. I seem to need chocolate so I had a Mallo Cup. I have been over on my calories 2 days in a row and missed the gym, but my husband is going with me in the morning. That should help get me there. Hope everyone is doing great. Talk to you soon.

AmandaJ

Tam, I sincerely hope you are feeling better tomorrow. It seems the days I least feel like working out, it is the days that help me the most! (((HUGS))) :flowerforyou:

tigermom79

Hello all...Not feeling well this week. It is that TOM for me and I am grumpy and bloated. I seem to need chocolate so I had a Mallo Cup. I have been over on my calories 2 days in a row and missed the gym, but my husband is going with me in the morning. That should help get me there. Hope everyone is doing great. Talk to you soon.

Hey girl don't beat yourself up. That TOM is a valid "reason", not an "excuse". Big difference. Yo will get back with it as soon as you feel better. I think it is great that your husband is supporting you and going with you in the morning. That personal attention will help you through the tough times. I know you will feel better after you make it there.

tigermom79

So...I had my first full circut workout tonight. It was great. My heartrate stayed right were it is suppose to in order to get the most out of the work out. After that went to my son's middle school bb game and watched him play great. They lost, but he played well offensively. He wasn't happy about his defensive play but had about 14 -16 pts, After that twirled a little with one of my students and then home to the family. It is amazing me how much more energy I seem to have at night since I started working out a little.

Tonight I fixed a Taco Salad with ground turkey instead of hamburger. The middle schooler was a little skeptical when he saw me cooking the turkey, but after eating a full plate full said,"That was pretty good!!!" Hubby didn't even notice I don't think!!! YEAH!

Now for confession. I haven't been keeping very good track of my calories, I hope I am doing okay. I feel pretty good about most of my choices, but I know I would do better if I would just keep track of the stupid things.

Everyone have a restful night.

AmandaJ

ARGHHHHH!!!! My dearest dh just made chex mix and I know I ate too much of it, but to put a positive spin on it, I ate way less than I would have in the past! :grumble:

amaline

Hey team!

How is everyones week going? Ever since I booked my flights home every day seems to go sloooower and sloooower. Nice to have something to look forward to though.

I started Week 4 of C25K today. I am really loving it which is amazing as I have never been a runner! I can't believe how much I improve week to week, it's such a great program. Only bad thing is the gym I go to has moved the treadmill to right in front of the mirror so now I have to look at myself all sweaty and red 3 times a week :laugh:

I did our sit up challenge Monday but skipped yesterday as I went straight to bed when i got home, I was so tired! However I did double today to make up for it. Amanda those side ones are great! I love them!

Keep up the good work everyone!

Amy

running_girl_84

Nothing like news of an upcoming deployment to make you want to stuff your face. But that's an excuse and this whole group is "NO MORE EXCUSES!"

I ate way too much for dinner last night. Applebee's. Enough said. Then ice cream for dessert. I had that disgusting bloated feeling afterwards.

But today is a new day. I can't dwell on my husband leaving. I can't control the unknowns. What I can control is how I react to the situation and getting back into the habit of emotional eating and feeling guilty afterwards is not a path I am willing to embark on again. I'm over that. I'm better than that. Here's to good choices today!

tigermom79

Nothing like news of an upcoming deployment to make you want to stuff your face. But that's an excuse and this whole group is "NO MORE EXCUSES!"

I ate way too much for dinner last night. Applebee's. Enough said. Then ice cream for dessert. I had that disgusting bloated feeling afterwards.

But today is a new day. I can't dwell on my husband leaving. I can't control the unknowns. What I can control is how I react to the situation and getting back into the habit of emotional eating and feeling guilty afterwards is not a path I am willing to embark on again. I'm over that. I'm better than that. Here's to good choices today!

Running Girl;
I am so sorry you and your family are having to face this with your husband. I just wish we could get all of our men and women home, not send more of them out! I for one, Thank you and your husband for his service and am confident he does his job well. I have many young family members facing the same situation and pray for all of their well being. Keep us posted and know that we are here to support you no matter what happens. You will be strong and not convert back to the stress eating! Prayers and HUGS to you!

Ann

tigermom79

Good morning all!!!! Well here we are at the half way mark of the week!!! Here is a thought for the week!!!

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
— Sir Winston Churchill

Remember we are all optimists and we see the opportunity to better our lives through each of our own personal difficulties! Have a happy and healthful day!!!

tigermom79

Oh.....BAD< BAD< BAD......:grumble: I just had "another" piece of birthday cake. It was one of my employees birthday luncheon's today and I told myself I would have a small piece and that was it. Well......I was good until about 10 minutes ago! CRAP!!!:explode:

Off to Curves and I guess I better WORK IT tonight!!!!

AmandaJ

Running girl, I also want to thank you and your husband for your sacrifice for this great country. It is very much appreciated. Again thank you!!!:flowerforyou:

cah0806

Good evening everyone! I have been really busy with school work and house work the past few days. I am starting my master's program in January. I have also been having IEP meetings after school for my students which last at least an hour. Yesterday was not a good day.
One of my students had two seizures (she was out of meds and we didn't know it). Her dad came and gave her the meds finally and she proceeded to projectile vomit across the room 5 mins after he left. Then I am in the bathroom trying to get her clean clothes and I have my head in the cabinet and come eyeball to eyeball with a mouse. I am TERRIFIED of mice. I start screaming and jump on the table and my kids are all laughing at me. To top it off, I had a migraine and was sick on my stomach. I ended up at the doctor's and got two shots....
Anyway, I am glad today was better. I hope to get some exercise in. Have a great night everyone.

running_girl_84

Thanks for the support

AmandaJ

Christy, I am truly sorry that you are having a rotten time. I have to say a couple of things though because I never can keep my mouth shut. 1) Having a dd with seizures how could a child be out of meds, I always check, double check, triple check her meds. I ask the school each week, if they had to administer any and are they low. I used to make them count them in front of me now I trust them. Where is this child's parents? 2) If the IEPs are lasting an hour then I have to say you must be super good because dd always last at least two or three hours and then they are usually continued. 3) I admire your strength and determination because as a mother with a special kid I know that it takes somebody special to raise them and somebody even more special to teach them. HUGS!!!!

P.S. I hate mice, UCK!!!!!

tamelab

Hi all...Hope you are all well.

Christy...I hope things get better for you at school. You do a wonderful job and should be proud of yourself.

Running girl...I'm sorry your husband is being deployed. Stay strong. I appreciate the service of your whole family.

Tiger mom...Forget about the cake. I can't pass on birthday cake either. Just work it off at Curve's. Glad you are enjoying it there.

Had a somewhat better day today. Internet was on and off all day so I couldn't work...again! They came to patch the lines because a squirrel chewed them up and are going to run new lines in a few weeks. Hopefully that will fix the problem. It is hard to do an internet job without the internet Didn't make the gym this morning but I did C25K on the treadmill. I have missed a few days on that and boy I could tell it. I did my push-ups as well as the new challenges. I could really feel the side bends. Maybe that will help my jelly roll! Hope you all have a wonderful day tomorrow. Talk to you soon.

TNTPete

Running girl -- you'll be alright and I always look as deployments as the time to really hone in on me and what I can do to really challenge my work outs. So you can totally take that stress and put it on exercise and eating right. Good luck on your weight loss this week - no worries on the splurge! Thank you for your sacrifice -- how long a deployment we looking at?

Amanda -- thanks for your continued support to the group! I feel like I rarely have the time to hop on here, but I keep trying!!

Update for now - my back was tweaked after the P90X workout -- so... no work out yesterday today light walk/biking and STRETCHING. Thank God for my husband and his magic massaging fingers!! He worked my knot out yesterday and promised to do the same today.

Keep on keeping on group!

AmandaJ

Okay I would like to respond to everybody but I am in a funky mood so I am not going to. I am so proud of myself on one hand and very angry at myself on the other. Today I had no sweets, turned down a candy cane milkshake and over 20 different kinds of cookies at our 4-H cookie exchange. One the other hand I am about 500 calories over today and I am disgusted by that. Plus I know I need to quit looking at the scale but it is back up and that bums me. I am just frustrated, but I am NOT GIVING UP. I will continue and be a more healhtier, more fit 160 lb person than I was.

I must admit I got out of bed at 11 pm last night to do my sit-ups, I had forgetten them plus my sides are killing me because genius here thought I should do that side bends with the 16 lb medicine ball at the gym. Sometimes I think I do not use the brain the good Lord gave me. Plus that is another thing my christian walk is being tested today. First at Wal-Mart I told the gentlemen that was checking me out the drill didn't ring up and so he did it again and bagged it and I told him politely it still didn't ring up, but I really wanted to just keep my mouth shut and walk out without paying for it, since he didn't know what he was doing. Then the 4-H leader asked me to go pick up some kids and I respond "do I have to"? Where did that come from and then this girl who is a senior asks me if she can stay with my family for four days because the family she is staying with needs to have the kids go to another house because the mom is going away on business and the dad is deceased. I have never saw her before, don't even know her last name and was like what? I am mad at the mom who she is staying with for putting me in this position in the first place. I have no idea why she isn't at home, her background or anything?????? I think the answer to that is NO unless God leads me to believe elsewise.

Okay I am rambling, sorry!

kdsmith

Okay I would like to respond to everybody but I am in a funky mood so I am not going to. I am so proud of myself on one hand and very angry at myself on the other. Today I had no sweets, turned down a candy cane milkshake and over 20 different kinds of cookies at our 4-H cookie exchange. One the other hand I am about 500 calories over today and I am disgusted by that. Plus I know I need to quit looking at the scale but it is back up and that bums me. I am just frustrated, but I am NOT GIVING UP. I will continue and be a more healhtier, more fit 160 lb person than I was.

I must admit I got out of bed at 11 pm last night to do my sit-ups, I had forgetten them plus my sides are killing me because genius here thought I should do that side bends with the 16 lb medicine ball at the gym. Sometimes I think I do not use the brain the good Lord gave me. Plus that is another thing my christian walk is being tested today. First at Wal-Mart I told the gentlemen that was checking me out the drill didn't ring up and so he did it again and bagged it and I told him politely it still didn't ring up, but I really wanted to just keep my mouth shut and walk out without paying for it, since he didn't know what he was doing. Then the 4-H leader asked me to go pick up some kids and I respond "do I have to"? Where did that come from and then this girl who is a senior asks me if she can stay with my family for four days because the family she is staying with needs to have the kids go to another house because the mom is going away on business and the dad is deceased. I have never saw her before, don't even know her last name and was like what? I am mad at the mom who she is staying with for putting me in this position in the first place. I have no idea why she isn't at home, her background or anything?????? I think the answer to that is NO unless God leads me to believe elsewise.

Okay I am rambling, sorry!

Amanda, stay off the scales!!! Only weigh in once/week as your weight fluctuates so much. Get someone to hide the scales from you until Sunday morning!! You are doing an amazing job and I cannot believe that you got out of bed to do sit ups!!! Hopefully today will be a better day for you,
xx Kim

running_girl_84

My husband will be gone for about 13 months or so. I'm looking at all the positives in this tho - like I can really focus on ME, we are moving into a new house within 2 weeks... stuff like that. There are positives in every situation.

I slept in this morning and I can't believe it is already 7am. I gotta get my butt to the gym!

tigermom79

Okay I would like to respond to everybody but I am in a funky mood so I am not going to. I am so proud of myself on one hand and very angry at myself on the other. Today I had no sweets, turned down a candy cane milkshake and over 20 different kinds of cookies at our 4-H cookie exchange. One the other hand I am about 500 calories over today and I am disgusted by that. Plus I know I need to quit looking at the scale but it is back up and that bums me. I am just frustrated, but I am NOT GIVING UP. I will continue and be a more healhtier, more fit 160 lb person than I was.

I must admit I got out of bed at 11 pm last night to do my sit-ups, I had forgetten them plus my sides are killing me because genius here thought I should do that side bends with the 16 lb medicine ball at the gym. Sometimes I think I do not use the brain the good Lord gave me. Plus that is another thing my christian walk is being tested today. First at Wal-Mart I told the gentlemen that was checking me out the drill didn't ring up and so he did it again and bagged it and I told him politely it still didn't ring up, but I really wanted to just keep my mouth shut and walk out without paying for it, since he didn't know what he was doing. Then the 4-H leader asked me to go pick up some kids and I respond "do I have to"? Where did that come from and then this girl who is a senior asks me if she can stay with my family for four days because the family she is staying with needs to have the kids go to another house because the mom is going away on business and the dad is deceased. I have never saw her before, don't even know her last name and was like what? I am mad at the mom who she is staying with for putting me in this position in the first place. I have no idea why she isn't at home, her background or anything?????? I think the answer to that is NO unless God leads me to believe elsewise.

Okay I am rambling, sorry!

Okay Ms. Amanda.....Even though I don't "personally" know you, I can tell you are a very loving, patient and kind Christian woman. I don't think I have to tell you that God will only give you as much as you AND He can handle together. I agree with Kim.....Stay off the scales. It can get very frustrating and that is not what we want. I would agree that putting you in the position of taking on a child that you know nothing about is awfully inconsiderate. Especially with as full as your plat is any way.

I can't believe you did the side bends with a 16 lb weight. EGADS!!! I have been using a 10 lb and think I am going to bust at times.

You are an amazing woman and a role model for all of us to follow! Thanks for being such an inspiration.

Have a great Thursday!

tigermom79

I think I am officially sore this morning!!!!:frown: My workout hurt last night! I guess that is a good thing and am disappointed that I won't be able to make it to Curves today! I really do like how you don't have to spend a whole lot of time in there to get such a work out. The machines are pretty cool!

So I didn't do the challenge on Tuesday...(I forgot)....Did them all last night! Holy Moly! my sides are feeling it as well as my tummy. I love that feeling though cause then you know it is working. I was preachin' to Amanda to stay off the scales, well I need to do that myself, as I was frustrated this morning when it hadn't budged and I feel like I have done so well. So....no more daily mornings on the scales!!!

One of my twirling students is performing half time for the boys 7th grade and boys 8th grade basketball games tonight. My so is on the 8th grade team. And then immediately following that we have to rush home, get him in the shower, grab something to eat and off to his Choir Concert. You would think as small a town as we are there wouldn't have to be two activities on the same night. Oh Well......

So...is everyone ready for Christmas? I don't even have my tree up yet. Doing all my decorating this week-end. I can't wait because I love the way the house looks all decked out! It is bitter cold here this week which won't allow too much outdoor decorating. I would rather have a foot of snow than the bitter cold!

Well gotta get to work. Everyone have a super fantastic day!!!!

Ann

cah0806

Everyone - including myself - sounds like you're having some challenges this week. I hope that Friday finds you in better spirits and that you take some time for yourself. Amanda and Tam - thanks for the encouragement. I know that my job is not one some would pick but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my kids and can't imagine doing anything else even on my worst day. (And sometimes my worst day involves death threats - to me, not by me).
I am trying hard not to be discouraged myself, but I don't think I've lost any weight this week...and I am really trying hard. I need to exercise more and regularly, but I feel so tired when I get home - mentally and physically. I am sure you can all relate. I will say turning my satellite to a music channel and listening to Christmas music helps me stay on the elliptical longer. I have not been consistent with the challenge this week. I will do better - I promise....don't vote me off....:ohwell:

AmandaJ

Christy, you are not being voted off, we are all here to stay if we choose to.

Off to town to buy a Christmas tree, my living room looks like a Chrismas bomb went off in it. I truly can't wait until we are done decorating so I can put all the extras away.